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spent likely with some ice going to so all this with us right now. put it behind us. jim antle is the editor of the daily color news foundation a senior editor of "the american spectator," his work is also very "national review online," "the american spectator" online, the american conservative and moderate his writing has been linked by such high-traffic sites as rush limbaugh.com, worldnetdaily, andrew sullivan and lew rockwell.com. even quoted several times in the federalist committee is an expert as of today from escaping from a burning metro cars. ladies and gentlemen, gym and now joins us. >> we been having this discussion if you like to jump in on the tax rates of the clinton era, or whatever else comes to mind. >> i think my experience getting here has kind of alter the composition of the panel. i've become now a radical anarchist. [laughter] i'm now in favor of privatizing all streets, all forms of public transportation but i don't see how it to be a more disorderly process than what already exists. i think you all for your patience but i'm sure you are enter
spent likely with some ice going to so all this with us right now. put it behind us. jim antle is the editor of the daily color news foundation a senior editor of "the american spectator," his work is also very "national review online," "the american spectator" online, the american conservative and moderate his writing has been linked by such high-traffic sites as rush limbaugh.com, worldnetdaily, andrew sullivan and lew rockwell.com. even quoted several times in...
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my generation got us in this mess. we've got to get us out. we can't wait for the next generation to set up their. >> less than a minute ago. senator simpson and erskine, i want you both, start with you, senator. as the president and john been in the what is the advice you give these two men? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left extremists and both of their size who say yours throwing the old lady off a cliff in a wheelchair versus -- i men grover. grover wandering the earth in white robes telling people if they raise taxes -- that was a freudian thing there. wait a minute. i have still less than. like an grover do? it can't money. can't burn your has to go if he can do is to feature for reelection or put some jerk in the primary to pick you off. if it means more to you than your country and extremity when it means patriots instead of answers, you shouldn't even be in the damned congress. [applause] >> your advice to the president and speaker boehner? >> compromise and do t
my generation got us in this mess. we've got to get us out. we can't wait for the next generation to set up their. >> less than a minute ago. senator simpson and erskine, i want you both, start with you, senator. as the president and john been in the what is the advice you give these two men? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left extremists and both of their size who say yours throwing the old lady off a cliff in...
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thank you all of you for joining us. around us applause, please. [applause] >> i want my fiction to be intensely journalistic, intensely journalistic because unless you get out and look at what's going on, these days you're going to miss the things influencing yourself and everybody else. >> yesterday, the national journal has a comprehensive look at the 2012 election results, the impact on congress and executive branch, k street and policy for the next four years. panelists included national journal political staff, pollsters, lobbyist and former congressional leaders. up next, former utah senator, robert bennett, former representative set of six and phil sharpe discuss what lies ahead for the president and congress as they try to tackle the fiscal cliff during the lame-duck session. and following that panel, notable political analyst charlie cook is joined by two pollsters to examine the many polls and surveys prior to and after election day. >> so i will launch rate in. they spent a huge amount of discussion last night and this morning about and
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it doesn't mean they will kill us. so those are the goals. it is a battle of ideas, but it's a battle of ideas that will take a long time to win. i do think and public diplomacy we sometimes forget the imports of that ideological struggle, which may be the most important of all. >> i think i would say it somewhat differently but you've heard me say earlier that i believe quite passionately that public diplomacy is there to ensure that everything we do that we achieve our foreign policy goals and objectives, which frankly very country to country, region to region. and so in some parts of the world, some of the struggles we've been talking about are higher than they are in others. but, frankly, what we're trying to do to be sure that public diplomacy was closely aligned with the policy side of our diplomatic efforts, to be sure if we were not, if you could not demonstrate that a program or an initiative was link to our current goals and objectives, then we shouldn't be doing that. when we went through a review we came across a number of program
it doesn't mean they will kill us. so those are the goals. it is a battle of ideas, but it's a battle of ideas that will take a long time to win. i do think and public diplomacy we sometimes forget the imports of that ideological struggle, which may be the most important of all. >> i think i would say it somewhat differently but you've heard me say earlier that i believe quite passionately that public diplomacy is there to ensure that everything we do that we achieve our foreign policy...
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one is that drones, you know, there's a sense that using drone strikes, using airstrikes as a way that the affect the really combat its enemies without putting american forces at risk and with a sort of suffering the casualties we've seen in iraq and afghanistan. and while i think that maybe true long-term come i have great concerns about the potential blowback from his actions and that the potential casualties will be later on. that's a very difficult argument to make. i don't think anyone has the data to make it yet because we are still at the point where we haven't seen all the repercussions taking place for these attacks. but i do think that there will be unfortunately repercussions. the other thing i would note is that i think obviously given the situation in libya and benghazi, there are very real risks to american diplomats abroad. but i think what we've noticed over the past decade, the past two decades is moving really to assert that they risk aversion within the state department particularly. many more people who instead of having risk management, now we are much more risk-av
one is that drones, you know, there's a sense that using drone strikes, using airstrikes as a way that the affect the really combat its enemies without putting american forces at risk and with a sort of suffering the casualties we've seen in iraq and afghanistan. and while i think that maybe true long-term come i have great concerns about the potential blowback from his actions and that the potential casualties will be later on. that's a very difficult argument to make. i don't think anyone has...
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ray, thank you for having us back. and, you know, we always -- for stu, you know, leading authorities put our kids through school, have fed them, put clothes on and do a wonderful, wonderful job, and we always love dealing with leading authorities. and it's just a fabulous speakers' bureau. but thank you all for coming out. we've now had one night of sleep, and i think -- yeah, more or less. and i tried an experiment this morning while shaving. i decided to try to put everything that was really important, i thought, on one 3x5 card and just to kind of boil it down. so here are just some reactions and, hopefully, over a couple weeks, next couple of weeks, you know, all of our thoughts will sort of evolve, get a little more polished. to me, you sort of look through sort of somewhat sequentially this year, and you say what are the important things, what happened? i think the first one you start off this year, we had an economy that wasn't supposed to reelect a president. and, yeah, i mean, not individual statistics, but g
ray, thank you for having us back. and, you know, we always -- for stu, you know, leading authorities put our kids through school, have fed them, put clothes on and do a wonderful, wonderful job, and we always love dealing with leading authorities. and it's just a fabulous speakers' bureau. but thank you all for coming out. we've now had one night of sleep, and i think -- yeah, more or less. and i tried an experiment this morning while shaving. i decided to try to put everything that was really...
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we are glad you're with us. on tuesday central the yorkers the newly drawn at 24 and congressional district. look at the map it now includes those counties in light blue. if you are a registered voter -- voter in the light blue shaded area you have a choice to make if the polls are accurate every vote will matter. it is considered too close to call. the next dow were may help you make up your mind and decide the election. now let's meet the candidates left to right ann marie buerkle incumbent republican congress will then. in the center is ursula rozum big green party candidate and on the far right is dan maffei challenge jane four arizona to. each candidate will have 60 seconds and we will allow rebuttals and if we do need them at additional 30 seconds will be given. based on the drawing the first question will be answered by ann marie buerkle. likud this graphic based on a report from bloomberg. it shows the red line combining medicare, medicaid, social security and the interest on the national debt will excee
we are glad you're with us. on tuesday central the yorkers the newly drawn at 24 and congressional district. look at the map it now includes those counties in light blue. if you are a registered voter -- voter in the light blue shaded area you have a choice to make if the polls are accurate every vote will matter. it is considered too close to call. the next dow were may help you make up your mind and decide the election. now let's meet the candidates left to right ann marie buerkle incumbent...
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i can't remember anything useful. let's leave it. a lit lairl what kind of journalist am i. i have to talk to the guy. i'd write him and he made it very clear he didn't want to talk. and i made the decision i wasn't going force myself on him. i did find his sister, however. who was happy to talk about him and told me how difficult he had always been. [laughter] that made me feel better. she gave me quite a bit of information. a lot of the other interesting thing. people forget, of course, we know as we get older we forget what happened. and whenever i feel really discouraged i have never got to of course i would have like to met him to tell him how much i admired him and respected him and what i knew about him. but i lost my train of thought. when i get discouraged about the fact i never actually did get to talk to him, i remind myself i would know if what he told me was accurate or not. i a lot of information through shall we say, accounts written at the time. and i depended on them and so as far as getting true story. i'm not sure i lost out that much. it may bees me sad i
i can't remember anything useful. let's leave it. a lit lairl what kind of journalist am i. i have to talk to the guy. i'd write him and he made it very clear he didn't want to talk. and i made the decision i wasn't going force myself on him. i did find his sister, however. who was happy to talk about him and told me how difficult he had always been. [laughter] that made me feel better. she gave me quite a bit of information. a lot of the other interesting thing. people forget, of course, we...
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it is what makes us americans. we have a question down here. >> mabey if you could ask your question and then ask both of them and we will try to take them. >> i'm a comedian working in the u.s. on an h-1b visa, a process that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. and compared to my weisel when i was in singapore it was approved overnight. my question is how would you address the reform for those that want to come to the u.s. to work? and i would agree on the point that the emphasis here is on the work in the american tradition what we have to only get a job in which case i wouldn't be doubled to be here and i would point to the cato institute that mentions the market based signal on the economy and to boost wages for all levels? thank you very much. >> go ahead and ask the question and we will address both of them >> it has to be a democrat so my question is different from him. i wanted to get more to the political sphere how can the republican party become a party again the way it was during ronald reagan? i feel th
it is what makes us americans. we have a question down here. >> mabey if you could ask your question and then ask both of them and we will try to take them. >> i'm a comedian working in the u.s. on an h-1b visa, a process that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. and compared to my weisel when i was in singapore it was approved overnight. my question is how would you address the reform for those that want to come to the u.s. to work? and i would agree on the point that the emphasis...
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maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum, segregation, to -- i would not consider the movie as, you know, something that was passed on u.s. foreign policy, but we have to deal with it, okay? apology is good, but this is, i tell you, very reactive approach. we need to be much more proactive in the way we community kate so what does this mean? if we want to target audiences or actors that can promote a vision of democracy that include not just free and fair elections, but other amendments like a plush rise tick approach to society. we have to change, also, the way we interact a
maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum,...
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thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by selling hot dogs or waiting on folks at rotary club dinners. accepted a the university of pennsylvania, the military academy of west point and the united states naval academy. he made the smart choice and choose the navel academy. there he studied nuclear power to serve as sub mean officer. flip over the book from 1975 and you'll find a few tid bib -- tidbits. it distribution him as rebelling usely -- color weekend, it concludes with his personality, good looks, and quick wit. he's bound to be a success. coming from a navy family, i
thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by...
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any new over use of u.s. force to disarm yet another middle eastern state of weapons of mass destruction that it does not have while staying quiet about israel's 200 plus nuclear weapon arsenal would elevate already high level anti-american sentiment in the middle east, threaten our remaining allied air and render cooperation equally impossible. and u.s. military action against the islamic republic would have no international legitimacy, no u.n. security council authorization and no allies by israel and maybe, it's just maybe, the u.k. you're reading the press this morning with the latest legal opinion. the larger part of the international community, and remember, 120 at the u. s. 100 member states are part of the nonaligned movement who voted to have the islamic republic of iran as their chair and they're already at record as saying they would consider an attack a legal and outright if i america's image as an outlet superpower. this is really important today compared to even a few years ago. because a few ye
any new over use of u.s. force to disarm yet another middle eastern state of weapons of mass destruction that it does not have while staying quiet about israel's 200 plus nuclear weapon arsenal would elevate already high level anti-american sentiment in the middle east, threaten our remaining allied air and render cooperation equally impossible. and u.s. military action against the islamic republic would have no international legitimacy, no u.n. security council authorization and no allies by...
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he used to be with a number mexicos. do a google with his statement he'll come up. >> need more than just what is in the debates. >> thank you very much. yes? >> good afternoon. my -- actually it's not so much a question as it is a proclaimation that there seems to be a lot of peacemakers who have made very deep steps in the peace process at the beginning, and they held out for so very long, it seemed to me, and it really kind of went beyond gandhi's civil disobedience in into akind of melee, and i suppose that those people should -- are they worthy of a claim? or did that in fact happen? >> did -- you mean the opposition or -- >> with people who resisted without being violent. >> oh, yeah. there were a number of protesters in syria. this largely started out as peaceful protests. they were sprinkled with some militant elements but the regime as i mentioned earlier -- in syria it's a security state. and i've dealt with these guys. they come after me on the littlest things, and it's a convulsive push button response. so, w
he used to be with a number mexicos. do a google with his statement he'll come up. >> need more than just what is in the debates. >> thank you very much. yes? >> good afternoon. my -- actually it's not so much a question as it is a proclaimation that there seems to be a lot of peacemakers who have made very deep steps in the peace process at the beginning, and they held out for so very long, it seemed to me, and it really kind of went beyond gandhi's civil disobedience in into...
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to anyone of us, i can come up with a scenario that makes us build a 1 million man army or make us the 100,000 man army. same with the air force and navy. so in my mind, scenarios are a guide. in order for us, say, can we meet certain scenarios if they happen. but it's not having to buy capabilities to do not call -- at night and all the service after the. first want to have the right mix that allowed you to read and mixed calculations by our adversaries to it's about having that right balance, ground, air, sea, whatever we might consider that to be in order to deter eric and so, there's a size two it, there's a quality to it, and we have to make sure we have the right size and quality in order to deter conflict the what we have learned over the years is that countries watch us very close that they watch what we have our weaknesses to they can to -- exploit those weaknesses to grab have a army, joint force that can shape the environment for combatant commanders. i think is one of the things this new strategy is driving us towards which is a good thing. in the past we really not had the
to anyone of us, i can come up with a scenario that makes us build a 1 million man army or make us the 100,000 man army. same with the air force and navy. so in my mind, scenarios are a guide. in order for us, say, can we meet certain scenarios if they happen. but it's not having to buy capabilities to do not call -- at night and all the service after the. first want to have the right mix that allowed you to read and mixed calculations by our adversaries to it's about having that right balance,...
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unforgiving, harsh, but again, get used to it. it's going to be that way and it doesn't get any better for about five years. when i got wings and i got to fighter, again, i should've known better, but i thought i was somebody again. and you know, you get out to luke air force base, get f-16s and get into rcu, where they train you how to fly the f-16 and the eat that right out of you, too. it's a process of climbing up, getting beaten down, climbing up, getting beaten down. even at my first fighter school, it's two years after he started. i walk in the door and i think okay, now i'm really bear. i'm a fighter pilot now and you're not. even if you're qualified f-16 pilot because he has to go through front-line fighter check out. it's called an ntt program. that takes two or three months. at the end the look you in the eye and say you're a fighter pilot. i was too tired them to think much of myself. but just beware of being cocky. what else? did you think of your question? no, you don't have one? okay. >> microphone makes him nervous
unforgiving, harsh, but again, get used to it. it's going to be that way and it doesn't get any better for about five years. when i got wings and i got to fighter, again, i should've known better, but i thought i was somebody again. and you know, you get out to luke air force base, get f-16s and get into rcu, where they train you how to fly the f-16 and the eat that right out of you, too. it's a process of climbing up, getting beaten down, climbing up, getting beaten down. even at my first...
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acupuncture, using meditation, using other techniques to wean him off of all the drugs that he was on and through this program he was able to walk out of walter reid on his own two feet. so i really commend the military for two things. for one, allowing us to tell the story, both the good and the bad, but for recognizing this problem, by recognizing there is this problem of overmedication and they are looking for outside the box ideas on how to fix it. i mean, that's sort of the whole thesis of the film, the metaphor of escape fire is the status quo isn't working and we need to start looking for outside the box ideas. >> now, a discussion on the state of security forces and arab states in north africa, including libya, tunisia and egypt. the u.s. institute of peace post this to our discussion. >> good morning, everyone. i am steven heydemann, middle east initiative at the u.s. institute of peace and we are delighted to see you all here at today's session on security sector reform in the arab world. i think some of those who rsvp may have been scared away by the false rumor that you wo
acupuncture, using meditation, using other techniques to wean him off of all the drugs that he was on and through this program he was able to walk out of walter reid on his own two feet. so i really commend the military for two things. for one, allowing us to tell the story, both the good and the bad, but for recognizing this problem, by recognizing there is this problem of overmedication and they are looking for outside the box ideas on how to fix it. i mean, that's sort of the whole thesis of...
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to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >> i'm in agreement with jim on this issue. it's note a population contest, but it's absolutely the wrong -- the results are not great results if that's the measurement. one of the things that we tried to do, again, building on the base that jim and his team put in place was to be sure that everything we were doing in public diplomacy actually was designed to support the achievement of the goals, objecteddives, and be clear and precise in doing that. there are many areas where we do -- have not just given up the ship
to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >>...
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no one told us. we did know what was happening at the plant to the rumor in the neighborhood was that the plant was operated by dow chemical and it went out there making household cleaning supplies. my mother thought they were making scrubbing bubbles, and it was really apparent for quite a long time what was actually going on. and what happened at rocky flats now is that there has been a cleanup and a very controversial cleanup, controversial levels of contamination remaining in the soil, and 1300 acres of that site are still profoundly contaminated that they can never ever be open for human habitation. and the rest of the site is slated to open as a national wildlife refuge for hiking and biking and possibly hunting. so even though there's still a great deal of contamination on the site and there's a lot of homebuilding and shopping malls and highways in all sorts of things going on out there. so i felt that even though in colorado and the country as a whole i think would like to forget that rocky
no one told us. we did know what was happening at the plant to the rumor in the neighborhood was that the plant was operated by dow chemical and it went out there making household cleaning supplies. my mother thought they were making scrubbing bubbles, and it was really apparent for quite a long time what was actually going on. and what happened at rocky flats now is that there has been a cleanup and a very controversial cleanup, controversial levels of contamination remaining in the soil, and...
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i think in doing so, it gives us a history of what it looks like and helps us rethink not only what was going on in the south, but what was going on in the national and conservative political realm as well. the history of modern conservatism, a history that thurman is left out because we only remembered this cartoonish figure from the deep south. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv. now a decision by five men to leave their ivy league schools and join the british army in the spring of 1941. six months prior to pearl harbor and america's involvement in world war ii. this is about one hour. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you for the kind introduction and thank you for introducing me the epicenter of support in the united states. thank you to c-span and booktv to making me feel like oprah winfrey, if only for an hour. it is wonderful to be here. isn't it everything that a bookstore should be? i am thrilled to be here at the north shire. i am also happy to be in vermont because i have long-standing family ties with the state and i
i think in doing so, it gives us a history of what it looks like and helps us rethink not only what was going on in the south, but what was going on in the national and conservative political realm as well. the history of modern conservatism, a history that thurman is left out because we only remembered this cartoonish figure from the deep south. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv. now a decision by five men to leave their ivy...
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give us the diagnosis of the plan -- [applause] and tell us what you're really going to do. and part of that question is there has to be a willingness to compromise, and there has to be an innate willingness to do things that are painful for your side. i'm going to stop there, and we'll do questions. one more story. remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and he said why are you going to waste your time? [laughter] i said, well, that's what you try to do. and he said, no, no, no, you are one of our authors. i need to know right now, tonight, what your next book is going to be. i said this is, that's preposterous. he said, i need to
give us the diagnosis of the plan -- [applause] and tell us what you're really going to do. and part of that question is there has to be a willingness to compromise, and there has to be an innate willingness to do things that are painful for your side. i'm going to stop there, and we'll do questions. one more story. remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want...
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that's what the international media tells us. that's what our politicians tell us. that's what the cab driver will tell you. it's time they say to prepare and realign for a world where america doesn't count. it's time to get with the chinese, they say. it's time to change the way do we see the world. and every time i hear these themes, i think just you wait. [applause] >> just you wait until the americans respond to the timeless creed says, coming take it. just you wait until the american -- just you wait until every capture their mojo. just you wait until they elect a new president, one that doesn't aspire to a european model that is disintegrating before our very eyes. just you wait until they step out of their pickup trucks with their shoulders back, their heads held high, and they declare i'm coming back and i'm coming back bigger and bigger than before. just you wait. [applause] i'll tell you this. there are so many wonderful americans doing so many great things. you are only ever five minutes away from a renaissance. despair, my friends, is not only unattracti
that's what the international media tells us. that's what our politicians tell us. that's what the cab driver will tell you. it's time they say to prepare and realign for a world where america doesn't count. it's time to get with the chinese, they say. it's time to change the way do we see the world. and every time i hear these themes, i think just you wait. [applause] >> just you wait until the americans respond to the timeless creed says, coming take it. just you wait until the american...
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you can use any of the terms. alexander hamilton used the term "representative democracy," we're based on majority rule and consent, but that is limited by a constitution; hence, this compound regime. now, one of the major charges that the colonist raised was he, george the iii, combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws giving assent to take acts of pretended legislation. now, of course, the constitution he was referring to in 1776 was the british constitution. the and sent constitution, but that con cement is the same. there was foreign jurisdiction that was going to have authority over us. we're going to examine now the ideas and practices of those who, in our time, have combined with others to subject us or attempt to to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution. well, ideas have consequences as we learned long ago from an early isi scholar, richard weaver. let's examine the ideas. the global governance project. these are not hard to find. y
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you can tweet us at booktv, comment on our facebook call or send us an e-mail at booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv. now william chafe examines how bill and hillary clinton's personal relationship has affected their political lives. mr chafe recover their turbulent marriage and describes the elite parter assisted in the other's career gains. it is about an hour. [applause] >> good evening, everybody. thank you all for being here. i am the director of the public library and it is a great pleasure to have you here and have william chafe here to talk about his excellent new book, reflective, raunchy and ripping. i want to write a book that gets that kind of press. i try to live a life like that. this book and tonight's topic will remind us we have a presidential campaign going on in which there is a human cry about what is truth and what is fact, what is fiction, what is a lie and it reminds us most of this is rhetorical exaggeration but there was a time in american history when there were really great liars. we are reminded of that tonight. remembe
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but since, and i was actually going to say this without using the word death panels. remember something that may not be -- you don't read in every story you read about why european health care is better than ours. and every european country that i know much about their health care system, they ration health care. they make decisions about how much health care a person, particularly the elderly, can have based on, and in britain it's a very formulaic calculation of, i call it quality of life per year or something like that. how many years you get for procedure and what quality of life you get by doing it, and they say no. and we have not been willing to do that. it's a really tough moral issue, but right now we have a medicare system in which a quarter of what we spend goes to people in their last year of life, and we all know that a lot of that is not a great use of resources. and those are hard moral questions, i'm not here to tell you they're easy or please sam, but it is a -- please santa, but it is a nontrivial part of why we have that gap in gdp. the other one, a
but since, and i was actually going to say this without using the word death panels. remember something that may not be -- you don't read in every story you read about why european health care is better than ours. and every european country that i know much about their health care system, they ration health care. they make decisions about how much health care a person, particularly the elderly, can have based on, and in britain it's a very formulaic calculation of, i call it quality of life per...
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give us that. we could target and transform the program to make certain those go to the most needy, not those that are able to game the system. would have how those type of reforms the iphone offering the amendment on the floor to start the process, but if are going to do a farm bill should include fundamental discussion on bases we can improve. for people with changing the program and we hear tremendous suggestions again from multiple states, folks on the front lines in saying this is what we need, we can do a better job. if we have that opportunity, we can work to fargo, that will be part of that discussion. like any other entitlements that is coming from this administration, yeah, we can spend $80 billion a year and we don't want to reform the. this administration says they don't want to reform the, the senate republicans have done a great job but hopefully that will be a battle if and when we get to conference over what's in the bill, which is $800 billion for food stamps out of a trillion doll
give us that. we could target and transform the program to make certain those go to the most needy, not those that are able to game the system. would have how those type of reforms the iphone offering the amendment on the floor to start the process, but if are going to do a farm bill should include fundamental discussion on bases we can improve. for people with changing the program and we hear tremendous suggestions again from multiple states, folks on the front lines in saying this is what we...
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he used this really mundane sort of metaphor. he said it's like, he referred to as swimming hole in vermont where he liked to swim in the summer. he said it's like being, i think it was 20 feet, at 20 feet and wanting to jump and also not wanting to jump. i have checked brewster's journal that he kept all the way through his time in north africa but it came very telegraphic when he actually got into combat and sort of slept a night in a cave. nothing but a -- just little things like that. not a lot of introspection than. is that helpful? >> yeah. >> oh, i'm sorry. go ahead. >> clearly he was driven by, or the group was driven by faith as you suggested and patriotism. also by the bravado of being a young man. i wonder if you came across anything the -- of doing that kind of thing because they all belong to a certain social strata. that is a little bit trite. i actually thought of that but it wasn't quite what i was reflecting on. in other words the imperative that might come from being part of a group, a social group in the countr
he used this really mundane sort of metaphor. he said it's like, he referred to as swimming hole in vermont where he liked to swim in the summer. he said it's like being, i think it was 20 feet, at 20 feet and wanting to jump and also not wanting to jump. i have checked brewster's journal that he kept all the way through his time in north africa but it came very telegraphic when he actually got into combat and sort of slept a night in a cave. nothing but a -- just little things like that. not a...
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the chaplain: let us pray. eternal father, our shelter in the time of storm, bless the senators who are preparing to leave and those who are coming. as we turn to a new chapter in our nation's history, we ask for your guidance. we need you to guide us through the through the labyrinthine seasons of history, for we are weak but you are mighty. lord, guide us with your faithful hands, becoming for this great land our strength and shield. strengthen our weakness, comfort us in trouble and distress, and empower us to fight the good fight of faith. we pray in the name of him who is the way, the truth, and the life. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 13, 2012. to the senate: un
the chaplain: let us pray. eternal father, our shelter in the time of storm, bless the senators who are preparing to leave and those who are coming. as we turn to a new chapter in our nation's history, we ask for your guidance. we need you to guide us through the through the labyrinthine seasons of history, for we are weak but you are mighty. lord, guide us with your faithful hands, becoming for this great land our strength and shield. strengthen our weakness, comfort us in trouble and...
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send us an e-mail or tweet us. montpieler was named the capital for its location weapon visitedded the city to explore the history and literary culture. montpellier. >> we are at the historic vermont college of fine artses in montpellier vermont. i'm the founding president of the college. i've always been a story-teller and always loved to read, and i was reading -- i thought maybe shy do this and i went back to school and took a creative writing class and decided i had a knack for it and never turned back. there's nothing more satisfying than working on a novel, particularly when you have a job like running a college. it's almost like -- although my literary life is an important part of what i do in some ways i'm still a tinkerer at night in the garage. i'm no different than someone building model airplanes. eye just crafting a 280 page novel that people hopefully read and enjoy. >>> the building behind is was erected in 1868 and this was a women's undergraduate college for years. in 2006, the campus was in danger
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he used to watch football and baseball quite avidly. but he never admitted to watching sort of mindless entertainment. so i was usually about five minutes late for our meetings at the residence in the afternoon, so he normally expected me to be late. and this one day in particular i was five minutes early, and i was walking up the stairs, and before i could clear the stairs to the third floor, i heard the television going. and then i heard canned laughter coming out of that television, and i realized that he was watching something that was meant to amuse. and i was very surprised by this. and i looked at him, and he had his shoes off and his feet were stockinged, up on the ottoman, crossed, and he had the remote control in his hand, and he was laughing. he was just enjoying the show and the moment so much, and i just observed him for a couple of moments because i really wanted him to have those few extra minutes when he didn't have to be "on," and he didn't have to be the serious richard nixon that he presented to me, most of the time a
he used to watch football and baseball quite avidly. but he never admitted to watching sort of mindless entertainment. so i was usually about five minutes late for our meetings at the residence in the afternoon, so he normally expected me to be late. and this one day in particular i was five minutes early, and i was walking up the stairs, and before i could clear the stairs to the third floor, i heard the television going. and then i heard canned laughter coming out of that television, and i...
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can you use the microphone please? >> we've already touched on a lot of these plans already but i was curious if you would be willing to engage in a little wednesday morning quarter backing. and analyze the romney campaign in the answer the question could he have won what could he have done differently? i had the impression that he was narrow in his approach and kept coming back to his business experience in economics and how he could help in that regard but it seemed like he was reluctant to go off in the direction keeping his message very narrow and i just wonder if you are to serve as a consultant what you would have done and if you think over the next weeks and months his campaign is going to be viewed as an abysmal failure because he did things wrong just curious about your reaction to that. >> who wants to take that first? >> the abysmal failure part will be for a lot of people on the right i think it was about as abysmally fielder netz john kerry. it's identical races and the difference between romney losing and
can you use the microphone please? >> we've already touched on a lot of these plans already but i was curious if you would be willing to engage in a little wednesday morning quarter backing. and analyze the romney campaign in the answer the question could he have won what could he have done differently? i had the impression that he was narrow in his approach and kept coming back to his business experience in economics and how he could help in that regard but it seemed like he was...
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and are convinced they do it all because they love us. thus was born this book, 50 things liberals love to hate. i hope you will enjoy it. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you are watching booktv. now alfred zacher presents his thoughts on why some presidents exceed and others failed in their second terms in office. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. appreciate your being here for this event we can credit c-span for our being here this afternoon. we are familiar with the familiar phrase past is prologue which is emblazoned on the wall of the national archives. you have heard the phrase history does not repeat itself, it rhymes. this afternoon, with your assistance, i will attempt to apply this prologue to the history of the second term but i frankly do not understand history riming so that one will be ignored. we are once again facing the challenge of selecting our president when the winner is too close to call. we do not expect to witness an election won by a landslide. some will look longingly
and are convinced they do it all because they love us. thus was born this book, 50 things liberals love to hate. i hope you will enjoy it. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you are watching booktv. now alfred zacher presents his thoughts on why some presidents exceed and others failed in their second terms in office. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. appreciate your being here for this event we can credit c-span for our being here...
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i would just use regular entrepreneurship. i'm a believer in lunch premiership is a transformative force in society. social entrepreneurship of coors is about thinking how to address public challenges in miniature for new rail manner, potentially envision new ventures, new pathways to make the most of that. so a lot of folks in this book you may save our social lunch burners. it's a great teaching here. i love this environment. i've got a colleague, brilliant man, great thinker on economics and a lot of other colleagues in different disciplines. luis shelley deserves a shadow. she is a global leader in documenting, researching and working practically in human trafficking. president obama said the global initiative announced in a major direction on this topic. very many people who work on this topic to help with the forward an agenda. but luis is one of them and she really deserves a lot of credit. >> host: we've been talking with philip auerswald. "the coming prosperity: how entrepreneurs are transforming the global economy,"
i would just use regular entrepreneurship. i'm a believer in lunch premiership is a transformative force in society. social entrepreneurship of coors is about thinking how to address public challenges in miniature for new rail manner, potentially envision new ventures, new pathways to make the most of that. so a lot of folks in this book you may save our social lunch burners. it's a great teaching here. i love this environment. i've got a colleague, brilliant man, great thinker on economics and...
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you could use any of these terms. alexander hamilton used the term representative democracy. so we're a government that is based on majority rule and consent, but that is limited by a constitution. hence, this compound regime. now, one of the major charges that the american colonists raised against king george iii in the declaration of independence was about sovereignty. i'll read that charge. he, that's george iii, has combined with others to summit us to a jurisdiction -- to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation. now, of course, the constitution he was referring to, obviously, in 1776 was the british constitution. the ancient constitution. but they were looking for some foreign jurisdiction that was going to have authority over us. we're going to examine the ideas and practices of those who in our time have combined with others to subject us or to attempt to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution. well, ideas have consequences as we learned long ago
you could use any of these terms. alexander hamilton used the term representative democracy. so we're a government that is based on majority rule and consent, but that is limited by a constitution. hence, this compound regime. now, one of the major charges that the american colonists raised against king george iii in the declaration of independence was about sovereignty. i'll read that charge. he, that's george iii, has combined with others to summit us to a jurisdiction -- to subject us to a...
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how has obama use the tools of leadership? he intends to communicate a vision and the proposal but he has appeared so often on television that overexposure was occurred. he's a capable public speaker but it's frequently lacked the fear that he showed during his first campaign. seems a lack of dramatic communication skills of fdr, ronald reagan or clinton. obama frequently comes across as a teacher as a motivator. he fails to excite and motivate the miss st. although he isn't doing badly in the current campaigns. there was a recent article in the sunday edition of "the new york times" entitled obama please to win in politics and everything else. the author paints a picture of obama that gives a greater insight into him and how he might function as a second term president. i am quoting now from that article. four years ago barack obama seems as if he might be a deliberate professor of a leader may be with a touch of hawaiian he has turned out to be a voraciously competitive perfectionist and he says so in interviews. mr. alana's
how has obama use the tools of leadership? he intends to communicate a vision and the proposal but he has appeared so often on television that overexposure was occurred. he's a capable public speaker but it's frequently lacked the fear that he showed during his first campaign. seems a lack of dramatic communication skills of fdr, ronald reagan or clinton. obama frequently comes across as a teacher as a motivator. he fails to excite and motivate the miss st. although he isn't doing badly in the...
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take us back to your gm questions. and you need to have the capabilities of society to repurpose out of was released when something dies, when something old false, but there has not been enough of that in a place like pakistan or egypt. i think it gets to the point you're talking about. >> philip auerswald, what to teach at george mason? >> welcome to teach economics and social entrepreneurship. i've been in business school. i teach that a regular entrepreneurship. i'm a believer as a transformative source in society. but a transformative about thinking how to address public challenges in the notch gregorio manor, potentially envision new ventures company pathways to make the most of that. so there are a lot of folks in this book you might save oaks are familiar, i think of them as such rigorous, but that's what i focus on. is a great teaching area. i love this environment. i've got colleagues at tyler cowen have a great on economics a lot of other colleagues in different disciplines. lily shall he really deserves a sh
take us back to your gm questions. and you need to have the capabilities of society to repurpose out of was released when something dies, when something old false, but there has not been enough of that in a place like pakistan or egypt. i think it gets to the point you're talking about. >> philip auerswald, what to teach at george mason? >> welcome to teach economics and social entrepreneurship. i've been in business school. i teach that a regular entrepreneurship. i'm a believer as...
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thanks for being up with us. we have a lot of news to talk about on on this wednesday, november 28th, including new accusations from the senate's top republicans that president obama thinks he's still on the campaign trail and that's putting in to on jep arrested day compromise on the fiscal cliff. >> plus house republicans unveil the names of their committee leaders. why some critics say they're not heeding the lessons of the 2012 election. >> but first
thanks for being up with us. we have a lot of news to talk about on on this wednesday, november 28th, including new accusations from the senate's top republicans that president obama thinks he's still on the campaign trail and that's putting in to on jep arrested day compromise on the fiscal cliff. >> plus house republicans unveil the names of their committee leaders. why some critics say they're not heeding the lessons of the 2012 election. >> but first
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they are using a mobile phone primarily. in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from this facebook engineer with an insider's view of the company thanksgiving day on cspan after 12:30 p.m. eastern. at 2:00, chief justice john roberts. later, space pioneers and nasa officials pay a much to the first man to walk among, nell armstrong just before 11:00. >> defense secretary leon panetta looks at how potential budget cuts could affect the pentagon. he spoke tuesday evening at the center for new american security about the so-called fiscal cliff and defense priorities. [applause] good eveni
they are using a mobile phone primarily. in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what...
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>> a lot of us, it was the 1948 dixiecrat presidential candidate. he was one of the lead officers of the 1956 southern manifesto. which is the protest of the supreme court decision in the ground versus the board of education system. he is the recordholder to this day of the longest one-man filibuster. twenty-four hours and 18 minutes he spoke against 1957 the larrey kissell. we remember him today is one of the last of the jim crow demagogues. and he was that. he was one of the last. so really, forget about strom thurmond know what'll i mean by he was the last of the sun belt conservatives? well, it's one of the big stories, the major stories in the history of 20 century american politics. and that is the flow of jobs and industries and resources and populations from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and the southwest in the post-world war ii period. they were receiving a lot of funding to the military and government. states like georgia and texas and florida and southern california and north carolina, i mean, just think about
>> a lot of us, it was the 1948 dixiecrat presidential candidate. he was one of the lead officers of the 1956 southern manifesto. which is the protest of the supreme court decision in the ground versus the board of education system. he is the recordholder to this day of the longest one-man filibuster. twenty-four hours and 18 minutes he spoke against 1957 the larrey kissell. we remember him today is one of the last of the jim crow demagogues. and he was that. he was one of the last. so...
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pakistanis have a narrative that they use us and discard us. use us against the russians in the 1980s, toss us because because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 20 # 14, they are going to go away. you can count on it. pakistanis think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and pernicious. a way to get out of this is haqqani, my counterpart, was the ambassador here, suggest the, time for a divorce, and others who said it's time for containment, push it away. those two are not reasonable alternatives. remaining engaged # with pakistan, there's no alternative to it, but i would argue that having a focus simply on a bilateral relationship is something that's a problem for us. we have to break out of this bilateralism, if you will, the sterile debate, and look at the issues that have to do with pakistan's relationship to india, the sequence of events that take place after 2014 when the americans focus, again, as steve mentioned, when the american focus beco
pakistanis have a narrative that they use us and discard us. use us against the russians in the 1980s, toss us because because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 20 # 14, they are going to go away. you can count on it. pakistanis think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and pernicious. a way to get out of this is haqqani, my counterpart, was the ambassador here, suggest the, time for a divorce, and...
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pakistanis also have a narrative which is the americans use us and discarded. to use this against the russians in the 1980s, toss us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11 but after 2014 they're going to go away. you can count on. that is pakistanis think americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would be what hussein polk county, my counterpart suggest, time for fa divorce. or what others who shall remain nameless have said in the press, it's time for content, it's time to push this way. those two i think are not reasonable alternative. steve hadley has said remaining engaged with pakistan, there's no alternative to which. but i would argue that having a focus center on a bilateral relationship with something that's been a problem for us, what we need to do is to break out of this bilateralism, if you will, this sterile debate and look at the issues that are crosscutting, the issues that have to do with pakistan's rel
pakistanis also have a narrative which is the americans use us and discarded. to use this against the russians in the 1980s, toss us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11 but after 2014 they're going to go away. you can count on. that is pakistanis think americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would be what hussein polk county, my counterpart...
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that's the phrase he used. but he has no incentive to do that anymore. we don't have any leverage and the only leverage question offer is no-innovation guarantee. i don't want to pay that price. that's too high of a price. maybe we'll have to live with it. what happened, the soviets of their own for the own argument with the cubans ended up deciding to pull out the tactical nuclear weapons. the americans did not force that. the americans did not force them to pull out the combat troops. they kept raising it through. kennedy is talking about them in the weeks before the assassination. but they ended up staying or at least a group ended up staying. they were -- when jimmy carter is scsh -- >> host: in the summer of 1979. >> it dates back to the decision in november of 1962 that we're not going make these a top-tier piratety of forcing them out. >> host: a question of the mind set in assessing these weapons of offensive some of the force thatters were some who said to kennedy and around the table that, you know, these could be a threat to the hemisphere. cu
that's the phrase he used. but he has no incentive to do that anymore. we don't have any leverage and the only leverage question offer is no-innovation guarantee. i don't want to pay that price. that's too high of a price. maybe we'll have to live with it. what happened, the soviets of their own for the own argument with the cubans ended up deciding to pull out the tactical nuclear weapons. the americans did not force that. the americans did not force them to pull out the combat troops. they...
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not us. the senate used to be a nocturnal place because the majority leaders of both parties would use the fatigue factor to grind down opposition coming from a few people. we almost never do that. don't get me wrong, i say to my friend, the majority leader, i'm not defending the way the place has been run the last two years. i think it's been embarrassing. i have to apologize to my constituents for the way the place is run. but we had the same rules in earlier congresses and didn't have the same problem. and we've always had a few members on each side who wanted to exercise every one of their rights. i remember when i first got here, it was senator metzenbaum from ohio would sit out here on the floor and read every of bill. he was a big problem. nobody tried to change the rules. we worked this place. and so, look, what the majority leader conveniently continues to leave out is not only the rule that he wants to change but the way he wants to change it. the way he wants to change it. he wants
not us. the senate used to be a nocturnal place because the majority leaders of both parties would use the fatigue factor to grind down opposition coming from a few people. we almost never do that. don't get me wrong, i say to my friend, the majority leader, i'm not defending the way the place has been run the last two years. i think it's been embarrassing. i have to apologize to my constituents for the way the place is run. but we had the same rules in earlier congresses and didn't have the...
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, that would give us a non-tie. on the values question, you know, we have -- i think that sometimes we forget that the united states, during most history was a diverse country from the colonial times. i think those of us who grew up with or remember the sort of universal popular cultures of the radio entertainment programs, the movies of the 1930s and 40s, television in the 50s and early 1960s, there was a need ya set up with a huge -- media set up with a huge advantage of a popular culture that appealed to everybody, and you had this period in which we had that very strong universalÑi popular culture in some cases. we don't live in that country anymore. we have 133 cable channels. we lost the language of the universal culture. we have differing values like we had in the past. the founders established a federal government with limited powers with a lot of room for states, localities, and voluntary associations to do much of society's work. they specifically made the federal government knew rail on religion. states
, that would give us a non-tie. on the values question, you know, we have -- i think that sometimes we forget that the united states, during most history was a diverse country from the colonial times. i think those of us who grew up with or remember the sort of universal popular cultures of the radio entertainment programs, the movies of the 1930s and 40s, television in the 50s and early 1960s, there was a need ya set up with a huge -- media set up with a huge advantage of a popular culture...
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so i don't use the word? >> because the situation is more complicated and containment involves a lot of the other arrangements at the time. this is not that kind of a situation. so we have to address it in a somewhat different fashion. but there is an underlying similarity and it is far more powerful and far more dangerous and, indeed, far more aggressive in years past. therefore it provides a point of departure for something modeled on it, even if not identical to it. >> i am from the "los angeles times." barbara, why not use the word? [talking over each other] [talking over each other] >> asked to go back to an old question that any use of the work contained word containment brings up, which is that some in this country have assiduously worked to convince americans that iran is under chervil or uncontainable because of the nature of the regime. i know you have had to deal with that question before. but it might be worth taking 60 seconds to deal with now. >> i don't find that argument very credible. i am no
so i don't use the word? >> because the situation is more complicated and containment involves a lot of the other arrangements at the time. this is not that kind of a situation. so we have to address it in a somewhat different fashion. but there is an underlying similarity and it is far more powerful and far more dangerous and, indeed, far more aggressive in years past. therefore it provides a point of departure for something modeled on it, even if not identical to it. >> i am from...
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and then we have to look to how can we use our strategic location, how we use our resources, how we use our history to bring more investment to libya, to bring more friends to libya and create the libya that participate in the international community and play a positive role in the world. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. ambassador. you reminded us that security, indeed, remains the first priority for libyans and for those looking to take advantage of the considerable opportunities that ultimately we know the libyans in cooperation with the world will seize. we'll move now to dr. ottaway. he's well known to all of us for all his years as a foreign correspondent at "the washington post." he's returned to the woodrow wilson center, and he's currently focusing on a book of changes underway in the arab world. he has dedication to getting the story firsthand, and we look forward to benefiting from his wise perspective. dr. ottaway, thank you. >> thank you and good afternoon. i was given a list of questions that i might address and asked to talk about tunisia, and the list --
and then we have to look to how can we use our strategic location, how we use our resources, how we use our history to bring more investment to libya, to bring more friends to libya and create the libya that participate in the international community and play a positive role in the world. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. ambassador. you reminded us that security, indeed, remains the first priority for libyans and for those looking to take advantage of the considerable...
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the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others who shall rename nameless facet in the press is time for containment and to push this away. those two are think are not reasonable alternatives. remaining engaged with pakistan, there is no alternative to it but i would argue that having a focus strictly on the bilateral relationship is something that has been a problem for us. what we need to do is break out of this bilateralism, this sterile debate and look at the issues that have to do with pakistan's relationship to india the issues that have to do with the sequence of events that will take place after 2014 when the ame
the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others...
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headed into friday, fiscal cliff talks with congressional leaders, president obama gave us a hit list of his negotiations strategies, repeating his intention to immediately raise tax rates on top earners. >> when it comes to the top 2%, what i'm not going to do is to extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it which would cost close to a trillion dollars and it's very difficult to see how you make up that trillion dollars if we're serious about deficit reduction, just by closing loopholes and deductions. the math tends not to work. >> paul: but does the president's math add up? let's ask wall street journal columnist bill mcguerin, and analyst steve moore and washington columnist kim strassel. so, kim, the president won reelection, was this the hand of magnimty reaching out to the republicans? >> it's crazy, it's what the president says all the time. if you listen to the press conference, he seems to say the biggest wish list for his liberal partisans has become docile letting these tax rates expire. while the republicans have moved, they are offering revenue, this is a chang
headed into friday, fiscal cliff talks with congressional leaders, president obama gave us a hit list of his negotiations strategies, repeating his intention to immediately raise tax rates on top earners. >> when it comes to the top 2%, what i'm not going to do is to extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it which would cost close to a trillion dollars and it's very difficult to see how you make up that trillion dollars if we're serious about deficit reduction, just by closing...
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we have before us a number of challenges as a nation. i think those challenges can be made easier or more difficult as a result of our willingness and ability to communicate the reasons why is so important we live under government that recognizes restraints on its own power, that we recognize each branch of government has its own power and shouldn't step on any other branch's power and we have got to stand up for the principle that not every power should be exercised at the national level. the more we stand for these principles, and popular as they may be, difficult to explain as they may be, i tend to believe our best days really will be ahead of us as americans. americans are smart. americans are able to recognize truth. truth resonates with the american people but in order for it to resonate it has to come from us. we have to speak it. we have to identify it. we have to identify error where we see error. this is one instance where error has occurred and i hope we won't ever shrink from the task of identifying error especially when it
we have before us a number of challenges as a nation. i think those challenges can be made easier or more difficult as a result of our willingness and ability to communicate the reasons why is so important we live under government that recognizes restraints on its own power, that we recognize each branch of government has its own power and shouldn't step on any other branch's power and we have got to stand up for the principle that not every power should be exercised at the national level. the...
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